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03-23-2015 04:39 PM
There is a west coast paperback publisher that did not issue very many titles, but everything they did is a premium paperback collectible, and one of their books is a fantasy / science fiction title. Somewhat confusingly, the main word in the publisher's name is the same as the main word in the name of a major east coast publisher. This is a pre-WWII publisher.
03-24-2015 05:49 PM
The book is also the most expensive 20th century U.S. science fiction / fantasy title.
04-02-2015 08:01 AM
oldbookshopnj - Uncle! I give up! I've have looked and looked several times and came up empty handed.
04-09-2015 01:21 AM
It appears that oldbookshopnj is very busy that she has not posted the answer or given another hint to question #764, at least that is what I hope is the reason why . . . While we wait for her re-appearance, an easy question to keep things moving along.
#765 Which poet wrote the first long-running Broadway play by an African-American and what was the name of the drama?
04-09-2015 11:49 AM
765.
Langston Huges wrote Mullato which opened in 1935 and ran for 375 shows.
04-09-2015 03:09 PM
mmadigan - Congratulations! You are correct on all accounts.
04-12-2015 08:08 AM
766. What was the title of the first novel by an African-American to become a Book-of-the Month Club selection and who was the author?
04-12-2015 08:31 AM
766. Native Son written by Richard Wright in 1940.
04-12-2015 08:44 AM
mmadigan - Congratulations once again!
Native Son was the first novel by an African-American to enter the mainstream of American literature. Wright's memoir of his southern childhood, Black Boy, (1945) became an even bigger success.
04-18-2015 06:53 AM
767. Who was the famous science fiction author who was a descendant of one of the Salem witches?
04-18-2015 07:26 AM
767. It is claimed the Ray Bradbury is descenced from Mary Perkins Bradbury. She was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem MA in 1692, however, the sentence was never carried out.
04-20-2015 10:09 PM
mmadigan - Congratulations! Once again you are correct. According to my source, Mary Perkins Bradbury managed to escape before her execution could take place.
768. What did Ernest Hemingway take home from his favorite bar and what was his rationale for taking it?
04-20-2015 10:36 PM
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